Indigenous News

OTTAWA — Political leaders, police, border agents and auto industry executives will be called together next month to try and come up with better ways to slow the growth in auto theft plaguing most major Canadian cities.

SALT LAKE CITY — Canada's Ivanie Blondin picked up two gold medals on Sunday at the Four Continents speedskating championships. Blondin won the women's team pursuit alongside Valerie Maltais and Isabelle Weidemann with a time of two minutes 54.

VANCOUVER — Officials in Metro Vancouver fielded about 100 complaints about a putrid smell permeating British Columbia's Lower Mainland on Sunday, prompting the regional federation of municipalities to issue an air quality bulletin for the area.

OTTAWA — Cedrick Guindon scored at 1:04 of overtime as the visiting Owen Sound Attack erased a 5-1 third-period deficit to post a thrilling 6-5 Ontario Hockey League victory on Sunday at TD Place.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Maxim Masse scored four goals and added an assist as the visiting Chicoutimi Sagueneens cruised past the Charlottetown Islanders 8-3 in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Sunday.

OTTAWA — MPs returning from a visit to the West Bank argue Canada needs to do more to prevent escalating tensions between Palestinians and Israelis, as they recount distressing scenes from the occupied territories.

Toronto police say one of their officers has been suspended with pay and is facing criminal charges after a woman involved in a landlord and tenant dispute was allegedly assaulted and robbed.

NAKISKA, ALTA. — Hannah Schmidt doubled her World Cup ski cross victories at Nakiska Ski Resort on Sunday.

WINNIPEG — The future of a proposed international curling centre, combined with a museum that would pay tribute to Neil Young, Randy Bachman and other Manitoba music greats, appears to be in limbo.

Toronto police have arrested two men in connection with a December pro-Palestinian protest at the downtown Eaton Centre mall.